#55D3DD#55D3DD

#55D3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3DD
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -31.53, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 35.06, 205.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.1023 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0862, 53.7360, 76.6521)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3DD #DD5F55

analogous

#55DDA3 #55D3DD #558FDD

triadic

#55D3DD #DD55D3 #D3DD55

tetradic

#55D3DD #A355DD #DD5F55 #8FDD55

square

#55D3DD #A355DD #DD5F55 #8FDD55

split-complementary

#55D3DD #DD558F #DDA355

monochromatic

#1F9099 #29C0CC #55D3DD #88E0E7 #BBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#55D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3DD

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3DD	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e7',
    500: '#55d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3dd;
$custom-light: #93e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3DD

secondary

#9D4039

accent

#4B3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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